Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France, Of the Plot Against Roland, sentence 35
Of a truth the King of France shall lose nothing by my means, neither charger, nor mule, nor pack-horse, nor beast of burden." "
Who acts: King · What happens: lose, mean · To what, where: nothing, charger
This is a sentence of «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Of the Plot Against Roland. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 3 truth | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 truth | det |
| 3 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lose | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 lose | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 France | case |
| 7 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 King | nmod |
| 8 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 lose | aux |
| 9 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 lose | obj |
| 11 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 13 means | mark |
| 12 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 means | nmod:poss |
| 13 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 lose | advcl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 charger | punct |
| 15 | neither | neither | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 16 charger | cc:preconj |
| 16 | charger | charger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 means | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 mule | punct |
| 18 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 19 mule | cc |
| 19 | mule | mule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 charger | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 horse | punct |
| 21 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 24 horse | cc |
| 22 | pack | pack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 horse | compound |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 pack | punct |
| 24 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lose | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 beast | punct |
| 26 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 27 beast | cc |
| 27 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lose | parataxis |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 burden | case |
| 29 | burden | burden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 beast | nmod |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 lose | punct |
| 31 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 lose | punct |
| 32 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 lose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | shall | the King of France | nothing | of a truth; pack horse conj; beast of burden parataxis | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme of truth=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | mean | present | the King of France not said here | charger nor mule | my nmod:poss | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charger=Topic |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Stories of Charlemagne and the twelve Peers of France» by Alfred John Church, Project Gutenberg book 75339 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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